Ward Officer (656670)

Ward Officer (656670)

Job details

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Pay

- £40,221 - £46,464 a year

Job type

- Temporary

- Part-time

- Full-time

Location

Britannia House Hall Ings, Bradford

Full job description

Department of Place

Neighbourhood and Community Services

Ward Officer

PO3/PO4: £40,221 - £46,464 pa (Pro Rate for Part-Time Posts)

4 posts available:

- 2 x Bradford West: Full Time (37 Hours) & Permanent
- 1 x Bradford East: Part Time (29.5 Hours) & Temporary until 31st Dec 2025
- 1 x Bradford East: Full Time (37 Hours) & Temporary until 31st March 2025 (with possibility of extension dependent on funding)







Do you have the skills to motivate citizens within their localities to make positive contributions through developing engagement and involvement opportunities to encourage active and responsible citizenship and strengthen community relations? Can you bring together residents, businesses and public sector and other organisations, working alongside councillors, to problem solve to develop innovative projects to tackle entrenched issues in neighbourhoods and across constituencies, to produce positive outcomes that improve residents’ quality of life?

You will be responsible for developing and implementing Ward Plans, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, coordinating the work of Council and partner services within localities at a ward- and neighbourhood-level. The successful candidate will support the deployment of staff and other resources, providing specialist support and guidance to front line workers as required.

We are looking to recruit someone who is able to:

- Motivate people to take action
- Understand community engagement principles
- Lead projects that result in positive outcomes






- Lead effective multi-agency and partnership working that creates extra value in service delivery
- Co-ordinate and facilitate public engagement and consultation in communities.
- Provide support and guidance to Elected Members in their community leadership role
- Manage often complex, high risk, high profile programmes of work applying innovative problem solving approaches to long standing issues.
- Organise and run large public consultation events, managing public and partner expectations
- Understand and follow management processes, managing and deploying staff teams
- Possesses experience of close collaborative working with a variety of partners from public, private and VCS sectors, including elected members







You will also be required to undertake and present formal management investigations and will therefore need knowledge of performance, sickness and disciplinary processes within a complex organisation.

You should have experience of community engagement, including with groups that are often overlooked, of managing complex projects and of management processes with a degree level or equivalent qualification and significant experience in the absence of qualification requirement.

For further information please contact: initially Masood Gondal, Ward Officer for Bradford West via [email protected] or Arshad Mahmood, Bradford West Area Co-ordinator [email protected] (available after 16/10/2024)

The Code of Practice on the English language requirement for public sector workers,





Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, requires that Councils ensure that all candidates applying for customer facing posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency in English.

The criteria under special knowledge and experience on the job profile which is shown in this advert, outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate. Therefore, it is essential that you provide examples in your application.

Please find the Job Profile attached: Ward Officer – JP

Closing Date: 20th October 2024

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▶️ Ward Officer (656670)
🖊️ Bradford Metropolitan District Council
📍 Bradford